Staring towards the brunette laying beside her, Maleficent reaches across stroking a strand of hair out of the woman's face before resting her hand on Regina's bare shoulder. "You need to go home"
"No.." Taking a shaky breath, the usually put together mayor shifts closer and cuddles into the blonde. "You won't hurt me, I can handle myself"
Sighing in defeat, the dragon woman wraps her arms around the brunette and rests her head on top of Regina's head. "Why do I feel as though history is repeating itself? and I am not referring to the same history you was talking about earlier, I mean our history"
The mayor laughs slightly against her. "That's because it is..sort of..but this time is different"
"And how my dear friend is it different?"
Looking up, Regina smiles. "Well this time, we were honest instead of hiding how we felt. I just need you to know that I am not giving up on you or this. I will find a way"
Attempting a smile of her own, knowing that it will never happen, Maleficent tries to make a joke of the situation. "I hope so otherwise I would feel quite used right now"
Stroking the blonde's arm, the brunette bites her lip going quiet. "I don't even know how you put up with me back then..I was so hell bent on revenge.."
Glancing down, the dragon woman kisses her head. "That is what intrigued me, what I liked about you. Despite being young and not having seen the world so much, you knew what you wanted and you wasn't going to stop until you succeeded. You also showed me to be me again"
"Honestly at the time, I didn't care who you was, I just heard about you from your book and wanted help with magic. But then I saw you..lost..and I wanted to help you because I knew what it was like to lose everything and you was giving up on so much, not just your revenge but your life. You never realized that you had so much potential and love to give, I had to show you then..I fell for you"
"I know you did dear...Lily is proof of that"
Feeling a little embarrassed, Regina nods. "Right of course you knew.." Looking up again, she questions. "Our magic?"
Chuckling, Maleficent squeezes her. "Part of the reason but also our love but then..our revenge got in the way. We both wanted to make certain people pay which meant not having time for us..I realized the price of my vengeance when I found out I was expecting Lily and you were gone to enact the curse"
"I wish I had known.."
"I would have told you but I knew at the time, you needed to finish what you started, it was part of the reason behind giving you the curse when you asked. I thought that when you took it and then I found out about Lily that maybe it would be for the better. This new world we could start again, however she was then taken and when we did come here, I was a dragon, so I couldn't even ask for help"
Looking guilty, the brunette sits herself up taking the sheet with her. "That was my fault. I..shouldn't have done that"
Maleficent waves a hand having let go of the woman so she can sit up. "It's in the past, you already explained yourself. Now we focus on Lily plus I don't want to..go with holding a grudge especially against you..and on that note, you need to go home"
Reaching over for her clothes to change, Regina looks serious. "I'm coming back. If you think I am walking out of that door and not returning, you can think again"
"It's only going to get worse Regina, I don't want you to see me as a monster, I coul-"
Leaning over quickly after straightening herself out all dressed, the brunette kisses her while mumbling a 'shut up' into it. Giving in and shutting up, Maleficent kisses back.
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Sat on his bed with his comic, Henry found himself not focusing as he was too distracted by his mother's happiness and wished there was a way to help. Normally in circumstances like these, he would contact Emma but he knew that despite both his mothers now being civil with one another, there was still limits and he knew his mom wouldn't like everyone knowing her business. Reaching for his only known source that has helped him in the past, the teen flips through his storybook looking for some sort of loophole.
"Henry?"
Glancing towards his door, Henry smiles seeing the small sleepy blonde standing in the doorway. "Hey Lily..did you have a nightmare?"
Shaking her head, she walks over and climbs onto the bed. "Gina's not there...and..I miss mommy" looking down she pouts.
The boy shifts over so she can join him as he looks at his book. "Mom went out, she will be back soon promise. I know you miss Maleficent but she is doing this for you..it is the right thing for now, but my mom's working on it okay"
Raising an eyebrow, Lily looks confused. "Working on it?"
"Yeah to bring Maleficent back again"
Gasping, the small blonde claps with a grin. "Then we be a family"
Chuckling, the teen nods. "Something like that"
Looking curious, the girl points to the book. "Why read that Henry? It's not for adults"
"I'm looking for a clue to help me..you see sometimes Lily when people have magic, it's not just because they are born with it but sometimes they have something that gives them magic"
Crinkling her nose, Lily looks down to the page seriously staring at the pictures. "Like that!"
Henry follows the small blonde's gaze as she points to Rumplestilskins dagger. "Yeah, you see with him..or Gold as he is known here, that dagger controls his magic, so if he didn't have the dagger.."
"No magic?" Lily asks while looking up oblivious.
"Yeah..." Frowning at the thought, Henry thinks of an idea. "Yes! Lily you got it!"
Biting her lip, Lily looks confused. "Got what?"
"Erm..well..never mind!" Ruffling her hair in praise, the teen quickly gets off of the bed and grabs the phone to call his mom.
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Breaking away from their make out session, Regina sighs at the look Maleficent is giving her, practically scolding the woman. Grabbing her jacket, the brunette goes to plant one last kiss but stops halfway as her phone goes off. Looking to the ID she gets worried. "Its Henry" answering quickly, Regina watches as the blonde also removes herself from the bed now dressed and concerned for their daughters safety.
Watching intently as the brunette tells her son to calm down as he is not making any sense, Maleficent rubs her head as Regina turns to face her looking shocked. "Regina? What is it? What's wrong?"
"Henry...he..he's got something.."
Raising an eyebrow, the blonde swallows a lump as she continues to watch the mayor as she begins to pace the room while listening to her son's plan.
A/N: oooooo maybe Maleficent will be okay? :)